Heartlight Ministries

Nonprofit Issues:

Mental Health, Human Services, Religion

Address:

PO Box 286 HallsvilleTX75650USA

Mission:

Heartlight, founded in 1989, works with kids and their families who have experienced some type of trauma, and are in need of intense counseling and therapy in a Christian setting where relationships are key, counseling is necessary, and parental involvement is required. Heartlight has a capacity of 48 young people who live at Heartlight for a year, and participate in activities throughout the week that provide the opportunity to work through problems and develop relationships with staff, in hopes of returning home as soon as possible.

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Reviews for Heartlight Ministries

I used to work at heartlight ministries. I was overwhelmingly disappointed by the leadership and how things are run. Kids can still be helped but only because of the staff that know the kid. Many leadership decisions are made based on the desire to make money, instead of deciding what is best for the kids. Don't bring your kids here!

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Heartlight Ministries helped us immensely with the tough decision to send our son. The admissions counselors talked with us several times before we decided to enroll him. They shared so much about the heart of the program that we really felt comfortable with it and knew that we had found a good match for our son’s needs. The application and admission process went so smoothly because of their gracious attitudes and promptness in communicating with us. Heartlight Ministries is a first-rate program.

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Overall this program is nothing more than an expensive behavior modification program. The psychological counseling was inexperienced. My child suffered with dysregulated thinking and an inability to establish a life narrative that spanned more than a few days. They didn't know what to do and after 11 months kicked her out , no graduation and sent us back a kid worse off than when she arrived. And all for about $60K. Make sure a program has the tools to help your child. That they even understand what's wrong. They should have been honest and turned us away at the start due to the lack of training.

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Overall this program is nothing more than an expensive behavior modification program. The psychological counseling was inexperienced. My child suffered with dysregulated thinking and an inability to establish a life narrative that spanned more than a few days. They didn't know what to do and after 11 months kicked her out , no graduation and sent us back a kid worse off than when she arrived. And all for about $60K. Make sure a program has the tools to help your child. That they even understand what's wron

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Overall this program is nothing more than an expensive behavior modification program. The psychological counseling was inexperienced. My child suffered with dysregulated thinking and an inability to establish a life narrative that spanned more than a few days. They didn't know what to do and after 11 months kicked her out , no graduation and sent us back a kid worse off than when she arrived. And all for about $60K. Make sure a program has the tools to help your child. That they even understand what's wron

We sent our son to Heartlight and it literally saved his life. The people are genuine, relational and experts at what they do. I highly recommend you checking it out if your son or daughter is spinning out of control. Check out http://www.hertlightministries.org